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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

Amnesty International's Protect the Human campaign

Protect the Human
Lauren Laverne
"I'm the supporting the Stop Corporate Abuse campaign because human-rights abuse is never acceptable, whether it is perpetrated in a war zone or from the boardroom of a major corporation"
Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Saffron Burrows
"Amnesty International has challenged violence against women and the attitudes that tolerate it wherever it happens, in the home, in the community, at the hands of the state, whether in times of conflict or in times of peace"
Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Ken Livingstone
"London has always provided a haven for those fleeing from persecution and repression. Generations of refugees have enriched the life of this city. I fully support Amnesty International's Respect for Refugees campaign"
Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Will Ferrell & Adam Mackay
Amnesty statistic: Small arms kill more civilians than any other type of weapon. The world has about 639 million small arms and light weapons and 9 million more are produced every year
Photograph: Thomas Birkett /Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Archie Panjabi
"Domestic violence isn't talked about enough - it's as though it's gone away but it's still very much there and there are too many women suffering in silence. Celebrities are everywhere but something like this uses us in a positive way. I'm really proud to be a part of Amnesty"
Photograph: Thomas Birkett /Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Amnesty statistic: The death penalty is a violation of the right to life whatever and wherever the crime. It is also a fallible system resulting in the wrongful sentencing to death of 122 people in the United States and countless people globally
Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Ray Winstone
Amnesty statistic: In 2005, Iran executed at least 8 juvenile offenders. Amnesty International reported on the case of a female who was publicly hung in the town of Neka for 'crimes contrary to chastity'. She is believed to have been 16 years old
Photograph: Thomas Birkett /Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Tracey Emin
"I have decided to support the Stop Violence Against Women campaign and feel passionately about it because I'm a woman and I know how it feels to be hurt - I wouldn't wish it upon anybody"
Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
Protect the Human
John Hurt
"It always comes back to the complexity of the individual and understanding the nature of our own being. The more we understand, the more chance we have of decreasing the horrors of this world"
Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Erin O'Connor
Amnesty statistic: About 1,770 executions were reported in China during 2005, but because the government refuses to publish full statistics on executions, the true figure is much higher. One Chinese legal expert puts the number of legal executions at 8000 a year
Photograph: Thomas Birkett /Amnesty International
Protect the Human
Rufus Sewell Photograph: Jake Gavin/Amnesty International
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